A cable car ride across the Thames
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spiralsheepThirteen images of a cable car ride across the Thames (at my journal). Spot the GIANT red wheel inside the terminal, and the plane from London City Airport in the last cap.
Or click through the image to flickr. Enjoy!
Or click through the image to flickr. Enjoy!
Gloucester Cathedral tower vertical walk
Sep. 9th, 2014 09:19 pmspiralsheepGloucester Cathedral tower: third tower, begun 1450 CE, Perpendicular Gothic, 69m (about 225ft) to the pinnacle tops (so about 65m to the roof), 269 medieval spiral stairs, 12 bells, several views. Report with 14 small images at my journal.
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- locations: england: birmingham,
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- themes: architecture,
- themes: gardens,
- themes: industrial archaeology,
- themes: place names,
- themes: public transport,
- themes: public transport: buses,
- themes: public transport: railways,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: towers,
- themes: views
spiralsheepThis is my last June challenge report for this year. I completed challenge II. (c) walk a local council trail. I went to tourist information and asked about walking trails in the Jewellery Quarter and was told there are three, that all overlap, and was given a leaflet for this one (.pdf). It also turned out to be a good walk for me and an excellent route for playing postcode bingo with all the B numbers on the road signs. Warning: squeamish folks might want to skip the history of the whereabouts of John Baskerville’s body! Report with 17 small images at my journal. Enjoy!
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- themes: art,
- themes: industrial archaeology,
- themes: museums,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: surveillance,
- themes: towers,
- themes: wars,
- themes: water,
- themes: water: canals
spiralsheepFrom 1926 until 2013 the circular number 11 bus route (click tab for "map view") around Birmingham was Europe’s longest urban bus route at 43km (27 miles), and only the 360 in Coventry is now longer. The 11 takes 2-3hrs to complete a circuit, depending on traffic, and there are over 260 bus stops along the route. Surely this is the ideal bus on which to attempt ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
flaneurs challenge I. (a) investigate an interesting thing seen from a bus.
Report with 14 small images at my journal.
flaneurs challenge I. (a) investigate an interesting thing seen from a bus.Report with 14 small images at my journal.
spiralsheepJune Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking north in a straight line from my point of arrival because I had an appointment northeast of where I began the walk at University station. A report with 14 small images at my journal.
It’s going to take me at least a couple of weeks to report but I also confess to challenge II. (c) a local council walk (my first attempt at this challenge!), and an epic version of I. (a) "investigate interesting thing seen from bus", both in Birmingham.
It’s going to take me at least a couple of weeks to report but I also confess to challenge II. (c) a local council walk (my first attempt at this challenge!), and an epic version of I. (a) "investigate interesting thing seen from bus", both in Birmingham.
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- constraints: lines,
- locations: england,
- locations: england: birmingham,
- picspam,
- report,
- themes: architecture,
- themes: art,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: towers,
- themes: views,
- themes: water,
- themes: water: canals
A Mundane Journey (and Dispatcher Derive)
Jun. 23rd, 2014 11:14 amspiralsheepsquirmelia did a walk in London based on instructions from a site designed to guide people on mundane journeys through San Francisco, in this case to 345 West Portal Avenue. I then did a walk in Birmingham based on googling for 345 West Portal Avenue in Birmingham, UK, and adding a list of generalised instructions derived from squirmelia’s post. My report of this walk (15 small images) is more involved than usual. As ever, please feel free to just enjoy the pictures either there or at flickr.
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- locations: england,
- locations: england: birmingham,
- picspam,
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- themes: art,
- themes: food and drink,
- themes: industrial archaeology,
- themes: place names,
- themes: scavenger hunt,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: tunnels,
- themes: views,
- themes: water,
- themes: water: canals
Newport, Wales, aka Casnewydd, Cymru
Jun. 17th, 2014 10:34 amspiralsheep- flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking south in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.
Newport: A+ for flanage and would tourist again, especially if the cathedral tower was open so I could ascend and enjoy the reputedly spectacular views.
flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking south in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.Newport: A+ for flanage and would tourist again, especially if the cathedral tower was open so I could ascend and enjoy the reputedly spectacular views.
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- challenges,
- challenges: june challenge,
- challenges: june challenge: ii (b),
- constraints: lines,
- locations: wales,
- locations: wales: gwent,
- picspam,
- report,
- themes: architecture,
- themes: art,
- themes: bridges,
- themes: industrial archaeology,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: views,
- themes: water,
- themes: water: rivers
Coventry - congenial and convenient
Jun. 9th, 2014 11:43 amspiralsheep- flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking north in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.
In conclusion: Coventry city centre is small and pleasantly pedestrianised, there are many interesting places to visit, and the natives are friendly. Recommended for a day out or two.
I hope you’re all having fun with the June Challenge too! :-)
flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking north in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.In conclusion: Coventry city centre is small and pleasantly pedestrianised, there are many interesting places to visit, and the natives are friendly. Recommended for a day out or two.
I hope you’re all having fun with the June Challenge too! :-)
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- challenges: june challenge,
- challenges: june challenge: ii (b),
- constraints: lines,
- locations: england,
- locations: england: warwickshire,
- locations: england: west midlands,
- picspam,
- report,
- themes: architecture,
- themes: art,
- themes: bridges,
- themes: graffiti,
- themes: sculpture,
- themes: signs,
- themes: water: canals
spiralsheep- flaneurs June Challenge, Doing something different III. (c), random cafe, and unintentionally also Lines II.(a), follow railway. There's a report with 14 images at my journal.
I hope all your June challenges are going well so far, either in planning or walking.
flaneurs June Challenge, Doing something different III. (c), random cafe, and unintentionally also Lines II.(a), follow railway. There's a report with 14 images at my journal.I hope all your June challenges are going well so far, either in planning or walking.
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- challenges,
- challenges: june challenge,
- challenges: june challenge: ii (a),
- challenges: june challenge: iii (c),
- locations: wales,
- locations: wales: south glamorgan,
- picspam,
- report,
- themes: architecture,
- themes: art,
- themes: bridges,
- themes: signs,
- themes: views,
- themes: water,
- themes: water: lakes
Railway line walk through Tunbridge Wells
Feb. 27th, 2014 02:02 pmspiralsheepReport of my railway line flan through Tunbridge Wells in April 2013 (yes, I accidentally met Disgusted Of but she was disgusted on an unexpected topic, hee!).
spiralsheepA new post @ my journal that is relevant to com members interests: the town of Sevenoaks, Knole House, and historical urban rioting re-enacted with fabric art dolls.
Columbus, Indiana
Sep. 15th, 2013 04:09 ammeretiaI moved down to Bloomington, about an hour south of Indianapolis, last summer. Indy's a neat city, but I keep finding myself going over to Columbus, about forty minutes east of here, when I want to walk around and look at a town.
I'm from Louisville in Kentucky originally (about an hour from Columbus), and I remember going to my best friend's grandparents' lake house in Columbus with his family a few times when I was six or seven. All I really remember about it was it being on a lake. But Columbus is actually apparently quite well known for its architecture.
The Cummins diesel engine company is based out of Columbus, and the story I've heard is that either its current owner or the one before it was a huge architecture enthusiast. So when the city needed to build some new schools and civic buildings, he said to them, "choose your architect from this list of ten architects I like, and I'll pay the architect's fees for you." So now Columbus, this town of maybe thirty thousand people in the middle of nowhere, is full of this fantastic 1950s/1960s Modernist architecture. And then I guess the people building things later decided to just go with it, because the city is full of sculpture just because and really unusual buildings that seem like they're being odd to fit in. I've gone down and looked at all the churches (there are three or four churches that are super Modern too) and civic buildings, but this is from when I went and just sort of wandered around downtown for a couple hours.
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I'm from Louisville in Kentucky originally (about an hour from Columbus), and I remember going to my best friend's grandparents' lake house in Columbus with his family a few times when I was six or seven. All I really remember about it was it being on a lake. But Columbus is actually apparently quite well known for its architecture.
The Cummins diesel engine company is based out of Columbus, and the story I've heard is that either its current owner or the one before it was a huge architecture enthusiast. So when the city needed to build some new schools and civic buildings, he said to them, "choose your architect from this list of ten architects I like, and I'll pay the architect's fees for you." So now Columbus, this town of maybe thirty thousand people in the middle of nowhere, is full of this fantastic 1950s/1960s Modernist architecture. And then I guess the people building things later decided to just go with it, because the city is full of sculpture just because and really unusual buildings that seem like they're being odd to fit in. I've gone down and looked at all the churches (there are three or four churches that are super Modern too) and civic buildings, but this is from when I went and just sort of wandered around downtown for a couple hours.
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